The Irish standard., 1887-11-12


That Christ would lift his hand to bless
Your little band to-day,
That Christ would keep you while you live,
And watch you when you die.
And save you from this cold fal seworld
For His own home on high.
Religious Notes.
There are five German parishes IL
Detroit containing about 2,625 families
The Brooklyn Catholic Examiner has
ceased to exist.
Anew church is to be erected for ST.
Patrick's parish, Milwaukee, Wis.
Blaine has placed his second oldest
daughter in the Sacred Heart Convent
in Paris.
TIE Rt. Rev. Bishop Dwenger dedi
cate new church at Wanatah, Ind.
last Sunday.
A movement is now in action a
Grand Rapids, Mich, to make St
Mary's parochial school a free one.
The Archbishop Of Paris lately con
Quoted thousand pilgrims to Nan
terse. the birthplace of st. Genevieye.
The bulls have arrived for the conse
Grafton of Bishop Scannell. Arch
bishop Feehan will be the consecrator
Bishop Hennessy was assisted by
forty clergYmen in the dedication OF
new church at Usage, Iowa, recently.
The students of Boston College, as So
dalists, will send special pecuniary
gift to the Pope i'll honor Of his jubilee.
IT is expected Shat the..new Church OF
Our Lady of Victories. Sayreville, N.
r will he rooted in before the winter
opens.
new church is to be erected i'll ST.
Johns parish, Lambertyille, N. j., OF
which the Rev. Father Brady has pas
toral charge.
Two Benedictine Fathers and several
students. nuns and lay immigrants ar
rived in Portland, Oregon, from Switz-
erlsnd. lately.
The Rev. Hugh McDevitt, D. D., late
rector of the Sacred Heart congregation
at Dayton, Ohio, has joined the order
Of the Passionists. y
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The Church of the Sacred Heart OF
Jesus, Conewago, Adams Co., Pennsyl-
yania. has celebrated it's centenary. 1t
is in charge Of Che Jesuit Fathers.
The house OF Our Lady Of the Good
Shepherd of Troy, N. T., is one OF the
largest buildings in that city. 1t now
shelters more than two hundred girls.
The Rt. Rev. Bishop Walsh recently
dedicated beautiful new church for the
Catholics of Petrolia, Ont, Of whom the
Rev. Father Cham has pastoral charge.
A Brazilian bishop, Monsignor de
Silva Barros, has entreated the people
of his diocese to celebrate the papal ju-
bilee by liberating their negro slaves.
At the consistory to be held in De-
cember, the Pope will confer the Car
dinalate upon Archbishop Richard Of
Paris, and Mgr. Persico, and also invest
Cardinal Jacob1ni.
The Rt. Rev. Bishop O'Farrell lately
confirmed 62 convicts at the State
prison. Trenton, n. J.. This is she sec
ond time within recent years that Con-
firnation has been administered III this
institution.
4. Catholic priest at Wilkesbarre, Pa,
returned to Mrs. Susan O'Neill, of that
city, her gold watch, which was stolen
fifteen years ago. The seal of the con-
fessional, Of course, bars all inquiry or
explanation.
The Milwaukee Catholic Citizen
chronicles with just satisfaction the gen
erous donation Of $4,000 to st. Bene-
diets Convent and Academy, st. Jo-
seph, MINI, by a Catholic who desires
his name kept a secret.
The civil oath of allegiance to the
Emperor of Prussia has been modified
so as to render it unobjectionable to the
Catholic bishops. Bishop Kupp. the
new Prince Bishop of Bres!au. recently
took it in presence Of Herr Gossler, the
Minister of Ecclesiastical affairs.
The Irish National Burial Association
of Chicago has purchased large plot
of ground in the new Catholic cemetery
for the free interment of the deserving
poor Of the Irish race who die in that
city without funds or friends. Arch
bishop Feehan subscribed 500 for the
purchase Of the lot.